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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Sur la Scène (Yvette Guilbert on Stage), 1898

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Description

Maker

  • Bliss, Sands & Co., publisher
  • Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1864-1901, French, printmaker

Title

Sur la Scène (Yvette Guilbert on Stage)

Year

1898

Medium

Lithograph on paper

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • lithograph

Supports

  • Medium weight off-white laid paper

Dimensions

Image: 32.4 x 26.7 cm (12 3/4 x 10 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered: UL Monogram: "HTL"

Identification

State

Second

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

24.485.3

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Variance

February 1 - October 9, 2022

In this print by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, performer Yvette Guilbert strikes a rather unusual pose on stage before a large audience. Lautrec was greatly interested in capturing Guilbert’s facial expressions, nearly to the point of caricature. However, as art historian Alexandra Courtois de Viçose convincingly reveals through her research, Lautrec’s command of rendering such facial expressions is thanks in part to his early tutelage under artist René Princeteau, who was deaf and a sign-language practitioner. Understanding this as “deaf gain,” Courtois highlights how deaf culture helped shape Lautrec’s aesthetic.

You can read more in Courtois’s essay in Manual 17: Variance: “‘Deaf Gain’ in the Cabaret: Toulouse-Lautrec’s Yvette Guilbert Taking a Curtain Call.”

Related

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Album 'Yvette Guilbert' ('Yvette Guilbert' Album), 1898

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